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VK6BE > PHONE 18.11.05 15:44l 38 Lines 1520 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : B20513VK6BE
Read: GUEST DL3MHT DK5RAS
Subj: Re: Strange sales call.
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From: VK6BE@VK6JY.#ALY.#WA.AUS.OC
To : PHONE@WW
This telemarketing has become a real problem in Australia. Some of the
phone companies have put some of their business off shore (on the Indian
subcontinent it seems) and there are frequent calls from callers with a
heavy accent who ask for the "manager of the telephone". Some are very
persistent when told the "manager" does not want to talk to them, and a
few beome abusive. We also get calls from charitable organizations like
"Guide dogs for the Blind". They have become so common now that I do not
cooperate. There is an end to my patience, and calls of this nature have
become so common that they are a nuisance.
Bob VK6BE.
>
> So I picked up, to hear a voice from nearer Bombay than Burnley waffling
> on about something. I broke in, whereupon she asked if I was on a BT
> line. I said "why?", she said "get Stuffed!" in a very angry voice.
>
> Naturally, if she had waited through six rings, then started her spiel,
> only to realise she had been talking to an ansering machine, she would be
> rather upset.
>
> Not as upset as I would have been If I had actually been forced to talk to her.
>
> When I asked her if she was trying to sell me something, she broke into a
> long stream of words I didn't understand. I don't know how long she
> carried on as I put the 'phone down.
>
> The don't say 'Goodness gracious me' anymore obviously. I also wondered
> why they go to the expense of ringing all the way from India to sell you
> something.
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